Alcanar

Summary

Alcanar is a municipality of Catalonia^[1]. Alcanar has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Alcanar is located in Montsià^[3].
• Alcanar is located in Province of Tarragona^[4].
• Alcanar is in the country of Spain^[5].
• Alcanar is on the body of water Sénia^[6].
• Alcanar is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[7].
• Alcanar's head of government is recorded as Joan Roig Castell^[8].
• Alcanar's instance of is recorded as municipality of Catalonia^[9].
• Alcanar's capital is recorded as Alcanar^[10].
• Alcanar's official language is recorded as Catalan^[11].
• Alcanar's official language is recorded as Spanish^[12].
• Alcanar's shares border with is recorded as Freginals^[13].
• Alcanar's shares border with is recorded as La Ràpita^[14].
• Alcanar's shares border with is recorded as Ulldecona^[15].
• Alcanar's shares border with is recorded as Vinaròs^[16].
• Alcanar's flag is recorded as flag of Alcanar^[17].
• Alcanar's twinned administrative body is recorded as Badalona^[18].
• Alcanar's coat of arms is recorded as Escut d'Alcanar^[19].
• Alcanar's postal code is recorded as 43530^[20].
• Alcanar is part of Commonwealth Taula del Sénia^[21].
• Alcanar's Commons category is recorded as Alcanar^[22].
• Alcanar's licence plate code is recorded as T^[23].
• Alcanar's patron saint is recorded as Archangel Michael^[24].
• Alcanar's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[25].
• 1252 marks the founding of Alcanar^[26].
• Alcanar's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.54301, 'lon': 0.48082}^[27].

Body

Geography

Alcanar is in the country of Spain^[5]. Located in include Montsià^[3], a comarca of Catalonia^[28], in Spain^[29] and Province of Tarragona^[4], a province of Spain^[30], in Spain^[31]. Adjacent water bodies include Sénia^[6], a river^[32], in Spain^[33] and Mediterranean Sea^[7], an adjacent sea^[34], in Spain^[35]. Alcanar is part of Commonwealth Taula del Sénia^[21].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+10389'}^[36], {'amount': '+10658'}^[37], {'amount': '+10601'}^[38], {'amount': '+10545'}^[39], {'amount': '+10570'}^[40], and {'amount': '+10510'}^[41].

Designation and Status

Alcanar's instance of is recorded as municipality of Catalonia^[9].

History and Context

1252 marks the founding of Alcanar^[26].

Why It Matters

Alcanar has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Alcanar is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]